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We report that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a major angiogenic factor, is also arequisite autocrine factor for breast carcinoma invasion in vitro and that the VEGF receptor Neuropilin-1 but not Flt-1 is essential for this function. VEGF regulates expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, and this VEGF target is needed for invasion but not for cell survival. CXCR4 mediates migration of breast carcinoma cells toward stromal-derived factor-1, and this migration is dependent on autocrine VEGF. Of interest, a CXCR4-inhibitory peptide that is currently in HIV clinical trials suppressed invasion. Our findings indicate that a VEGF autocrine pathway induces chemokine receptor expression in breast carcinoma cells, thus promoting their directed migration toward specific chemokines.
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PMID:Vascular endothelial growth factor promotes breast carcinoma invasion in an autocrine manner by regulating the chemokine receptor CXCR4. 1249 59

CD4 is the principal binding site for human and simian immunodeficiency virus (HIV/SIV) receptor interactions and the a chemokine receptor CXCR4 has been implicated as a primordial lentivirus receptor. This study sought to determine the relevance of CD4 and CXCR4 in virus-receptor interactions for the prototype lentivirus, maedi-visna virus (MVV) of sheep. Neither CD4 nor alpha/beta chemokine receptors represent principal receptors for MVV since human osteosarcoma cells devoid of these molecules were susceptible to productive infection. Interestingly, the presence of either CD4 and/or CXCR4 on indicator cells dramatically enhanced MVV-induced cell fusion (syncytium formation) for three independent virus strains. Syncytium formation results from virus-receptor interactions and can be inhibited by receptor ligands. However, neither SDF-la that binds CXCR4 nor recombinant gp120 (rgp120) that binds CD4 could specifically inhibit the observed enhancement of MVV-induced cell fusion under conditions that significantly reduced HIV-1-induced cell fusion. Our observations suggest that CD4 and CXCR4 may represent optional auxiliary components of an MVV receptor (or receptor complex) that facilitate MVV-mediated membrane fusion events, a feature important for virus entry. This potential accessory role for CXCR4 in MW receptor interactions may reflect the distant relationship between the ovine (MVV) and the human/feline lentiviruses (HIV/FIV).
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PMID:The influence of CD4 and CXCR4 on maedi-visna virus-induced syncytium formation. 1258 36

Chemokines are the chemoattractant cytokines which function briefly in inflammatory processes and also act as regulatory bridge molecules between innate and acquired immunity. Chemokines mediate their effects by binding to cell surface receptors that belong to the seven transmembrane domain superfamily of proteins, which are found mainly on the surface of leucocytes, macrophages and lymphocytes. Besides the functions in the immune system, certain chemokine receptors also function as co-receptors, in addition to CD4 molecule, for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) entry into the target cells. Of these a beta-chemokine receptor CCR5 and an alpha chemokine receptor CXCR4 are the major co-receptors required for macrophage-tropic and T cell-tropic viruses, respectively. Genetic analysis has revealed the importance of chemokine receptor genes in the disease progression, and the identification of genetic polymorphisms such as alterations in the CCR5 gene that prevent surface expression, leads explaining why some people with CCR5 mutation are protected from HIV infection. Today it is accepted that chemokine gene deletion mutations and high production of chemokines are the host factors which take place in the resistance mechanisms of HIV-infected non- or slow-progressors. Depending on these data, recent studies have focused on chemokine receptor inhibitors and/or chemokine antagonists as the new therapeutic strategies that prevent HIV from interacting with receptors and block HIV infection. In this review, latest developments in chemokine receptor researches with a particular focus on their roles in HIV pathogenesis and resistance to HIV infection, have been discussed.
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PMID:[Chemokine receptors: their role in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pathogenicity and resistance to HIV infections]. 1283 82

APJ, a G protein-coupled seven-transmembrane receptor, has been shown to serve as a co-receptor for the entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), and it is dramatically expressed in central nervous system (CNS)-based cells. ALX40-4C was identified as a small-molecule antagonist of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, which can specifically inhibit HIV-1 entry via this co-receptor. In this study, we demonstrated that ALX40-4C inhibited both APJ- and CXCR4/APJ-mediated cell membrane fusion in a dose-dependent manner. In competitive binding assays, (125)I-Apelin13 was replaced by ALX40-4C with an IC(50) of 2.9 microM, as compared with an IC(50) of 0.2 nM for Apelin13. Furthermore, ALX40-4C could block ligand-induced APJ internalization and signaling. ALX40-4C, as an antagonist to APJ, directly binds to and prevents use of APJ as a HIV-1 co-receptor. Thus, ALX-4C has potential utility for further elucidation of HIV-1 neuropathogenesis and therapy of HIV-1-induced encephalopathy.
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PMID:Binding of ALX40-4C to APJ, a CNS-based receptor, inhibits its utilization as a co-receptor by HIV-1. 1289 Jun 32

Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV/CD26 (DPP IV) is a cell-surface protease belonging to the prolyloligopeptidase family. It selectively removes the N-terminal dipeptide from peptides with proline or alanine in the second position. Apart from its catalytic activity, it interacts with several proteins, for instance, adenosine deaminase, the HIV gp120 protein, fibronectin, collagen, the chemokine receptor CXCR4, and the tyrosine phosphatase CD45. DPP IV is expressed on a specific set of T lymphocytes, where it is up-regulated after activation. It is also expressed in a variety of tissues, primarily on endothelial and epithelial cells. A soluble form is present in plasma and other body fluids. DPP IV has been proposed as a diagnostic or prognostic marker for various tumors, hematological malignancies, immunological, inflammatory, psychoneuroendocrine disorders, and viral infections. DPP IV truncates many bioactive peptides of medical importance. It plays a role in glucose homeostasis through proteolytic inactivation of the incretins. DPP IV inhibitors improve glucose tolerance and pancreatic islet cell function in animal models of type 2 diabetes and in diabetic patients. The role of DPP IV/ CD26 within the immune system is a combination of its exopeptidase activity and its interactions with different molecules. This enables DPP IV/CD26 to serve as a co-stimulatory molecule to influence T cell activity and to modulate chemotaxis. DPP IV is also implicated in HIV-1 entry, malignant transformation, and tumor invasion.
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PMID:Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV from bench to bedside: an update on structural properties, functions, and clinical aspects of the enzyme DPP IV. 1289 17

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated sensory neuropathy (HIV-SN) is the most common neurological complication of HIV infection. Currently, the pathogenesis of HIV-SN is unknown. Because there is no convincing evidence of neuronal infection, HIV neurotoxicity is likely to be effected either by secreted viral proteins such as the envelope glycoprotein gp120 or by neurotoxic cytokines released from infected/activated glial cells. We describe a model of gp120 toxicity to primary sensory neurons, in which gp120 induces neuritic degeneration and neuronal apoptosis. We show that Schwann cells, the cells that ensheath peripheral nerve axons, and which traditionally have been viewed as having a passive, supporting role, mediate this neurotoxicity. Ligation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 on Schwann cells by gp120 resulted in the release of RANTES, which induced dorsal root ganglion neurons to produce tumor necrosis factor-alpha and subsequent TNFR1-mediated neurotoxicity in an autocrine fashion. This newly described Schwann cell-neuron interaction may be pathogenically relevant not only in HIV-SN but also in other peripheral neuropathies.
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PMID:Schwann cell chemokine receptors mediate HIV-1 gp120 toxicity to sensory neurons. 1295 61

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) glycoprotein gp120 causes neuronal cell death; however, the molecular mechanisms of the neurotoxic effect remain largely unresolved. It has been suggested that gp120 evokes cell death by inducing the release of neurotoxins, including glutamate. The objective of this work was to examine the role of glutamate in gp120-mediated neurotoxicity. We used as an experimental tool cerebellar granule cells prepared from 8-day-old rat cerebella, in which both glutamate and gp120 cause cell death. Cerebellar granule neurons were exposed to gp120 or glutamate alone or in combination with the glutamate receptor antagonist MK801 as well as other antiglutamatergic compounds. Cell viability was measured at various times by using several markers of cell death and apoptosis. MK801, at a concentration that blocked glutamate-induced neuronal cell death, failed to prevent gp120-mediated apoptotic cell death. Moreover, interleukin-10, which has previously been shown to block glutamate toxicity in these neurons, was not neuroprotective against gp120. Because gp120 toxicity is mediated by activation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, neurons were incubated with the CXCR4 inhibitor AMD3100. This compound prevented gp120- but not glutamate-mediated cell death. These findings suggest that gp120 is toxic to neurons even in the absence of the virus and that the toxic mechanism involves primarily activation of CXCR4 receptor. Therefore, antagonists to the CXCR4 receptor may be more suitable compounds for inhibiting HIV-1 neurotoxicity.
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PMID:The chemokine receptor CXCR4 and not the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor mediates gp120 neurotoxicity in cerebellar granule cells. 1468 50

The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is the main coreceptor used by T-tropic X4 HIV-1 strains to infect its target T cells. It has been proven that the CXCR4 expression level in T cells is strongly up-regulated by interleukin (IL)-4, a Th2-type cytokine that is secreted preferentially in HIV-infected patients in a later stage of disease. This results in an enhancement of HIV-1 replication in CD4+ T-lymphocytes. We have now evaluated the potency of the CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 in phytohemagglutinin (PHA)/IL-2- versus PHA/IL-4-activated T cells in order to determine whether the compound has comparable CXCR4-antagonistic and anti-HIV-1 effects under these different cytokine treatments. We analyzed the CXCR4 expression level and the dose-dependent inhibition of CXCR4 expression by AMD3100, by monitoring the binding of an anti-CXCR4 monoclonal antibody (clone 12G5). We also determined stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1-induced intracellular calcium signaling and HIV-1 replication in these cells in the absence and presence of AMD3100. The CXCR4 expression level in PHA/IL-4-stimulated cells was much higher than in PHA/IL-2-stimulated cells. However, the potency of the bicyclam AMD3100 to block anti-CXCR4 mAb binding, SDF-1-induced intracellular calcium signaling, and HIV-1 replication of the X4 NL4.3 strain and three primary isolates remained unchanged. Our data indicate that CXCR4 antagonists such as AMD3100 act independently of the HIV-1 coreceptor expression level. These compounds should therefore be useful in suppressing HIV-1 infection in all stages of the disease.
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PMID:The antiviral activity of the CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100 is independent of the cytokine-induced CXCR4/HIV coreceptor expression level. 1470 50

The envelope glycoprotein complex (Env), encoded by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), kills uninfected cells expressing CD4 and/or the chemokine receptor CXCR4 or CCR5, via at least three independent mechanisms. First, the soluble Env product gp120 can induce the apoptotic cell death of lymphocytes, neurons, and myocardiocytes, via interaction with surface receptors. Second, Env present on the surface of HIV-1 infected cells can transiently interact with cells expressing CD4 and CXCR4/CCR5, thereby provoking a hemifusion event that results in the death of the uninfected cell. Third, the interaction between Env on infected cells and its receptors on uninfected cells can result in syncytium formation. Such syncytia undergo apoptosis after a phase of latency. In several models of Env-induced apoptosis, early signs of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization (MMP) become manifest. Such signs include a loss of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential and the release of cytochrome c and AIF. The mechanisms of Env-triggered apoptotic MMP may involve an elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+), reactive oxygen species and/or the transcriptional activation of p53, with the consequent expression of pro-apoptotic proteins such as Bax, which permeabilizes mitochondrial membranes. The implications of these findings for the pathophysiology of HIV-1 infection is discussed.
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PMID:Mitochondrial apoptosis induced by the HIV-1 envelope. 1503 90

Overexpression of the constitutive chemokine receptor CXCR4 has been shown to contribute to the accumulation of leukocytes at sites of chronic inflammation. Glucocorticoids are widely used to treat inflammatory disorders such as uveitis to considerable effect, yet paradoxically have been reported to increase CXCR4 expression in vitro. We show here that ocular lymphocytes isolated from patients with uveitis who had been treated with topical glucocorticoids expressed highly elevated levels of CXCR4. The up-regulation of CXCR4 could be reproduced in vitro by culture of CD4(+) T cells with aqueous humor (AqH), indicating a role for the ocular microenvironment rather than preferential recruitment of CXCR4(+) cells. Untreated uveitis and noninflammatory AqH up-regulated CXCR4 to a limited extent; this was dependent on TGF-beta2. However, the highest levels of CXCR4 both in vivo and in vitro were found in the glucocorticoid-treated patients. Glucocorticoids appeared to be directly responsible for the induction of CXCR4 in treated patients, as the glucocorticoid receptor antagonist RU38486 inhibited the in vitro up-regulation by AqH from these patients. Dexamethasone selectively up-regulated CXCR4 in vitro, but not any of a wide range of other chemokine receptors. CXCL12, the ligand for CXCR4, was present in AqH under noninflammatory conditions, but the levels were low in untreated uveitis and undetectable in treated uveitis AqH. The importance of these results for the treatment of HIV patients with glucocorticoids is discussed as well as a role for glucocorticoid-induced CXCR4 up-regulation and CXCL12 down-regulation in controlling the migration of lymphocyte populations, resulting in resolution of inflammation.
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PMID:Topical glucocorticoid therapy directly induces up-regulation of functional CXCR4 on primed T lymphocytes in the aqueous humor of patients with uveitis. 1515 39


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